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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-14
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But as he rose with sort of rheu-
matte Stiffness from his chair the door
leading from the buttery creaked
slightly, slow, heavy footstep sounded
on the door. and looking around with
startled and dilated eyes, Mr.. Button
ball beheld-the departed Hephsibah.
s'Benedictr' spoke out the quiver-
ing and nasal voice. Benedict Bene-
dictw
Qt was always so. Uncle Buttonball
remembered, in all well-authenticated
ghost stories, the summons was dis
tinctly enunciated three times.)
s'W-w-well, my DEAR" suffered
AIr. Buttonball, holding tight to the
arms Of his chair lest his teeth should
chatter him off from it.
II have brought q message from the
other world, Benedict" solemnly ut
tered The Presence. "You want to
marry againr
..N--not If you object to 1t, my
dear" faltered the shaking widower.
"I-I-that is"
"Peacel Disturb not the voices of a
higher sphere"
s.No. my dear, ! won't" said the
submissive husband.
peace. Isayl" Hephsibah's old way
of putting him down, without loop
hole for argument) "and listen, you
are absolved from your promise to con-
tract no second marriage. You are q
free agent. My eyes are opened now
to many things, among them the folly
Of my earthly jealousies. Go, marry
whom you will, and my blessing rest
upon your bride. The word is spoken,
the oracle Is closed"
Slowly the brown-ginghamed form
retreated backward, with cleaning
spectacles and uplifted finger, through
the buttery door, into the back kitchen,
while Uncle Buttonball sat staring and
transtixed with an agony of supersti-
tious terror.
HE has really asked you to marry
him, Paulina?''
"Yes, really" said Paulina Pepper,
her blooming face all smiles and dim.
pies. "And I'm so gladl Because
there can't be any harm in owning it
now Dorothy dear-I did like him ever
so muchr
'.He's very nice old mani mean
middle-aged gentleman" said Dorothy
Martin, demurcly "But thought he
had determined never to marry again. I"
"0h, that's all settled" cried Paul
ina, looking complacently down at the
red shine of her garnet engagement
ring. "He thinks he has had vision
that his departed wife appeared to
him and released him from his VOWS. :"
"Dear me" said Dorothy. How
very strangely
"0s course the dear fellow must have
been asleep and dreaming, though.
Don't you think sop"
Undoubtedly" said Dorothy.
"For-what are you laughing at,
dears" Paulina Pepper broke off to
say.
Nothing, nothing; only it seems so
ridiculous that in this age of the world
people can believe in ghostsl" cried
Dorothy, giv;ac - to a hearty peal
Of laughter. u caught up her en-
broidery aud hUsG~l out of the room.
Frank Worrall followed her.
Dorothy" he said, lit was you'll"
"What do you meanp"
'The ghost"
''Prove it if you canl" cried Doro-
thy. saucily. And that was all she
would ever admit-NesO York Daily
Ne,rS
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-14
Put Yourself in the Horses Place.

1t is worry and not work that kills.
Let every owner Of a horse think when
be brings his team to the stable at
night how much vital force has been
expended in work and how much in
worry, and then strike balance. And,
let him consider himself to be put in
the horses place, SO that he may bet
ter know how it is himself. As thus:
A man goes out to work in the morn
Ing after having all night fought flies
Of the most pestilent kind, breathed
hot, foul air, reeked in the sweat and
dust Of the previous days work, eaten
breakfast in haste, without any suf-
iicient cleansing of his skin, and with
boots and clothing ill-fitting and CALLING
the tenderest spots upon his person.
He is then, from the filthiness Of his
body, exposed all day to the yenomous
attacks Of flies, which he fights with
hands and feet, but which, from the
exigencies Of his work, he can only
drive off for the slightest moment, after
which cloud Of them settle upon his
face and exposed parts and sting him
severely.
He works on from hour to hour in
the broiling sun without water to moist
en- his mouth or to quench his raging
thirst until midday, when he rushes
home, swallows drink Of dirty water
and hastily eats dinner in the foulest-
smelling and worst ventilated part OF
bis premises.
The afternoon is like the forenoon,
and after this has been occupied in the
same way, the man, all foul with gath
cred dust and sweat, eats his evening
meal as he dined, and lies down to rest
~, II he can, on filthy floor, in an
apartment that is hot, close and swarm.
ing with flies, which he vainly fights as
be catches an odd wink or so of sleep.
And so, again from day to day, he
fights Il out on this line all summer.
Then how much Of the resulting wear
and tear Is due to the worry and how
little of It to the workp
Something like this is the weary con-
dition Of the average farm horse. No
note Is taken Of the cruel lashings, the
over-working, the injudicious feeding
and watering, the torment of check
reins, the hindranco Of binders. the
bad treatment Of the feet by the black
smith, and other mistakes which pro-
duce actual disease. nor of the truly
horrible nostrums and poisonous stuff
which are made use of as remedies
Tor these complaints.
Thinking Of all these things, who can
wonder that tho average farm horse.
whose useful life Is naturally twenty
Eve to thirty years, gets into hole in
the corner OF the farm and is consumed
by prowling dogs in less than half his
allotted term Of life.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-14

A large and apparently vigorous wo.
man entered crowded horse-car in
Baltimore the other day, and after
casting withering glances on several
gentlemen and not getting a seat, en-
claimed: Il cannot stand up. /" and sank
In heap on the door. This had the
desired effect. for a gentleman at once
arose and the lady was seated
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-14

The English postofIico authorities
have introduced the tricycle. into the
parcels post service. Two of these
machines, each capable Of carrying 200
pounds. run between Waterloo and
Croydon, about twelve miles, and be-
tween London Bridge and Woolwich.
Two journeys are performed by each
carrier In day. Formerly tho same
work was performed BY van and two
horses. and the new system is therefore
q considerable saving. Tho postoiiico
tricycle. consists Of three parts. somi-
circular dome for long parcels, body
for heavier goods and well for lighter
goods. Each portion Is separately
locked. Tho whole Il painted rcd, and
\ marked with the letters v. b
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-14
that pie up In your hand and eat IT As
you ought to. ."-Boston Record.

There is lovely love Of woman Iiv-
ing in Newaygo county, Wisconsin.
She picked blackberries last fall for
market and SO industrious was she on
foot and so nimble of finger that returns
for her fruit were quite considerable.
What did she do with the money! Buy
Jersey and some stockings or winter
hatp Nav. She went to town and
'blowed in" the whole business on :
fiddle for her husband. --Lincoln (Neb.)
State Journal
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-14

= OF the 200 BOO working women m
New York the Ihlghest Average earning
hU week. Numbers earn but IS .
week Thouha hands are unable, with
sixteen hourl Jwork every day. 70 reach
he lower aheount
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-14
THE
Charlotte Messenger
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY SATURDAY,
CHARLOTTE, N. c.

In the Interests Of the Colored People Of
the Country.
Able and well-known writers will contrib
ute to its columns from different parts Of the
country, and it will contain the latest Gem
eral News Of the day
The MEssENdER is a hrst-class Newspaper
and will not allow personal abuse in its col
umns. II is not sectarian or partisan, but
ndependent-dealing fairly by all. II re-
serves the right to criticise the shortcomings
of all public offioials-commending the
worthy, and recommending for election such
men as IN its opinion are best suited to serve
the interests Of the people.
1t is intended to supply tho long felt need
Of newspaper to advocate the rights and
defend the interests Of the Negro-American.
especially in the Piedmont section of the
CarolinRs.
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Address,
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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-14

Mrs. Bagley (sharply)-''Go away.
man! / have nothing for you" The
man who pulled the bell-'I must
have made mistake. l was told that
q beautiful lady lived here. and l was
anxious to sec her face before died.
If ! have mistaken the house"
Mrs. Bagley-'Don't go; step inside.
sir. It shall never be said that
turned away starving man. ."-Paila-
delphiG Call.
Little girl (who is spending the
afternoon with her aunt)-Auntie,
mamma said that was not to ask you
for anything to eat Aunt-Yes, Flos-
sic, your mamma was quite right. It
wouldn't be polite, you know. Little
Girl (contemplatively) y)-No, itwouldn't
be polite, and perhaps she thought
that as was your guest you would
offer me something without asking
NJ 7. Sun.
The ways Of the hour at the clubs
Crashley entertaining friend at club)
-S-s-sh! We can't go into the
smoking-room now. Friend-But l
want to smoke, my dear fellow.
Crashley-Can't do it now, old man.
You see, Mr.. Titmuss don't like to be
disturbed. He's our old steward.
Saved up his fees and bought the
building, and we had to admit him or
move out.--1Id-B Bits.
Presiding Judge-So then. you ac-
knowledge having written this libelous
letter. In the whole course of my ex-
perience never met with such con-
glomerate Of vulgar abuse. What have
you to say in extenuation of your con-
duct? Prisoner-Well, your Honor,
allow me to tell you that it was even
ing, and rather dark at the time, so
that l could hardly see what wrote!-
Fliegepde Bldtter.
One Of the most eloquent preachers
of this city tells good joke at his own
expense as follows: "When was in
Florida last winter 1 preached to ne
gro congregation one Sunday, ex-
cusing myself from saying much on
account of my poor health. The col
ored minister in his closing prayer
said: %, good Lawd, bless our
brother l. who has preached to lis
in his pore, weak way" '"-New Yors
Tribune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Gen. Lew Wallace will lecture on
Turkey aud the Turks at Rochester,
January %.
Fred. II. Tessin committed suicide
at Redwood Falls Thursday.
-Florian Linenfelser, an old resident
of Chaska, died January 9th.
"A number Of merchant clothiers
and gents furnisher, of Minneapolis
have agreed to close their stores at $3.50
p. M, Saturdays excepted, until the
first Monday in April, 1887.
Mr.. Geo. Stratton, of Plainview,
has been granted patent for an inven-
ton whose design is to repair railroad
rails without removal from the roadbed,
and to provide a rail end better adapted
to withstand the wear than the end of
the ordinary rail.
John H. sherry, of Rochester, chal-
lenges the people of the State at large
to walk square heel and toe race, be-.
tween Is and 500 miles, for $50 or $500
a side. We beg to suggest rs basis of
operations the western prairie after a
blizzard, to take some of the wind out
of the aforesaid young man.
Mr.. A. F. Howard, editor of the
Candy Nea0s, led to the altar on Jan.
9th Miss Lena Nicholson, of Candy.
Bro. II. recently wrote the TRUMPET a
letter expressing his sympathy for our
misfortune in losing charming intend
ed,who bolted and married another fell
low We now feel justified in returning
the sympathy-to the bride. Howard
has cold feet and when he sleeps insists
on lying parallel with the needle of the
compass. We slept with him three
years and know whereof we speak.
Nothing, however, has yet appeared to
cast a shadow on the honeymoon but
the statement of an exchange that the
fair bride was very popular when she
taught school in Chicago thirty-ni
years ago. TRACY TRUMPET.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-19
NicOzIet County NeaUs.

w. N. G. Bushard of Lafayette re-
turned from California last week. He
was we'll pleased with the climate of
that region.
Mr.. John Arhart of West Newton
says that he is we'll pleased with that
new windmill pump Of his.
Mr.. Mic. Bury. q former resident OF
West Newton, has just returned for a
weeks visite from Dakota, after an alb.
sence of five years.
Mr., c. Dirks of Lafayette put up a
windmill for his well last week.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-19
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria is 80 well adapted TO children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
knoWn to me-" n. A. ARCHER, II. D.,
III SO. Oxford St, Brooklyn, n. 2.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-19

Ulm, Brown County, Mimi, be and the
same is hereby designated as the news
paper in which the delinquent tax list
for the taxes OF the year 1885 shall be
published at the rate of II cents per.
description.
On motion, the following bills were
audited and allowed, viz
Anton Manderfed. $50 .oofE. G. Koch. .... s15. 90
John B. Schmid y: 1.10 Nicholas Gull den. lie. 40
Peter G. Clancy SO IS Anton Manderfeld. IS 50
g :" :. ...1o.15|H. NJ. Ball 900
$50 : 'uei s'eAn :: ! 7. x .
Mr.. John Lind appearing before the
Board at this time explaining that his
firm would assist the County Attorney
in the matter of enforcing back taxes
on lands now owned by the Winona and
Saint Peter LandC Company. The Board,
after mature consideration, agreed with
the firm of Lind and Hagberg to the
proposition.
On motion the County Auditor is in
structed to procure lamps for every
| room in the court house, that is not al
ready so provided.
On motion the minutes of the session
were read and approved and the Board
of County Commissioners adjourned to
monday, 10 o'clock A. NJ, June 18th
A. D. 1887.
E. G. Koch,
E. P. BERTRAND, Chm. Board of Co.
Co. Aud. & exoficio Commissioners
elk. of Board of
Co. Com.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-19

Bill of DR.. Weschcke 1922. rs allowed
$1,000. Bill of DR.. Stricken $29. so al
lowed $11.5O.
On motion the proceedings of theBoard
of Audit and the annual financial state
ment were read, approved and ordered
published.
On motion, the Board adjourned to
9 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Morning Session, Saturday. Jan. 9th
1887. The Board met pursuant to adj
journment at clock A. M.
On motion the Board proceeded to
cancel County orders and warrants paid
and redeemed on the different funds to
the following amounts, to wit:
County Revenue Fund So, 909.18
= Poor ,445.79
:. Road and Bridge 1886
:. Interest and Sinking COG. 90
Private Redemption 371.Y
School Warrants ,290. O8
Town Warrants 40. O8
Total orders and..Warrants
cancelled $11, l22. 10
On motion the Board adjourned to 2
o'clock P. M. All present.
On motion agreed to have telephone
cOInWuulCatlou 1IOuA Iuo ucpOI 10 LIE
Sheriff Office, and that the Company
be requested to erect land put in work
ing order said telephone at first cost of
fifty dollars including expense for first
year chairman of the Board to see the
job properly executed.
| On motion. the annual financial state
ment was prepared. read, examined and
ordered published according to law.
On motion the petition Of Andrew
Hoffman, and others for the formation
of new School District out Of q part of
the territory Of School D;strit No. 10 is
hereby granted q hearing on the 18th
day Of june 1887.
Sealed bids for the County printing
opened, read and considered it was. on
] motion Resolved, that the New Tim
REvIEw. printed and p0blished ii New
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-19

Martin Erickson, bill of S4.00, allowed
$500. The bill of R. Fischer $166.94
was, on motion laid over to next session
and the bill of Chas. Werring was not
allowed because it did not state whether
the party was witness for the State or
not.
On motion the bills of DR.. Weschcke
and DR.. Stricken wereI laid over until
afternoon.
Afternoon Session. The Board met
pursuant to adjournment at o'clock
P. NJ. All present.
On motion agreed that the County
aid the Town of Cottonwood in building
= bridge across the Little Cottonwood
river on the New Uim and Madelia
road at the place of John Muhs to the
amount of Three hundred dollars, said
bridge not to cost less than Five humid
red dollars and it to be completed on
or before the 1st day of September1887.
AS soon as said ridgc is completed, the
money to be at the disposal of the Treas
urer of the town of Cottonwood, but
no money is to be paid by the County
until said bridge is inspected by COM
mittee appointed by the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners.
On motion. the Board continued to
audit bills, and the following were al
lowed, to wit:
~. r...,.3 Q. ~. ~ an D;..... 40 ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-19
Official
County Commissioners Proceedings.
JANUARY SESSION, 1887.
(Concluded.)
(Concluded.)

D.. ISL y . : & e.
Afternoon Session, January 9th,
1887. = The Board met pursuant to ad-
journment at 2 o'clock PM.
On motion agreed, that the County
Treasurer is hereby directed to collect
personal property taxes in Sleepy Eye
January 18th, 10Th and Goth, and in
Springfield January 21st and 22nd
1887.
On motion agreed, that bids be re-
ceived at the CountyAuditor's Office on
or before the 18th day of June, 1887,
the next commissioners session, for the
publication of the delinquent tax list, the
County Commissioners proceedings, the
records of the Board of Audit and Equa-
lizatien and the annual financial state
! ment of the County.
On motion, the petition of John Ber-
| trand of Home for abatement or refund.
ment of ditch establishing tax on ditch
not constructed was laid over to next
meeting of the Board.
On motion agreed, that taxes, penal.
ties and costs enormously and wrong
fully paid by Sven Anderson on NV
of the NW4 of Sect. %, Township 108,
Range 80 shall be refunded.
On melton the following bills were
audited and allowed, to wit:
Albert Blanchard s55. 11Peter scherer 1890
| " 6 '...2S7O ALDER Held. ........ $50
| q 81 go Joseph Augustin 3.44
| s' " ....3.30 Cath. Koehler ...... 2 80
| " '' ....290 JOS Koehleri 125
| &c " ....225 J. B. Velikanje. .1O.S2
Thomas A. Wilson. 1855 Richard Fischer. 1916
Emmerson Cady... LIS j. Laudenschlaeger. II .05
Otto c. Setter. 800. 1e.eoFrank Bentzin is. 90
The bill of Peter McPhee. was laid
over, because the bill did not state whe-
Their the party was witness for the State
or not.
On motion the Board adjourned to
o'clock tomorrow.
Morning Session, Friday Jan. 7. 1887.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 9 clock A. M. All present.
On motion the Board proceeded to
audit bills and the following were al
| lowed to wit
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-24
BORING FOR GAS.
Difficulties Experienced in Managing and
Controlling Powerful Wells.

Difficulties Experienced in Managing and
Controlling Powerful Wells.
Boring for gas is exactly like boring
for oil, in all its workings; but the after
operations of pumping and packing, as
in the case of some oil-wells to raise
the oil, are not necessary in gas-wells.
If the gas is there, it will come up of its
own free will and accord, and come
with a rush, blowing tools and every
thing else out of the well before it. In
deed, gas men would often be as glad
to keep their treasure down as oil men
are to get theirs up. The great pres
sure at which it is confined in the earth,
and the corresponding force with which
it escapes from the well, makes it some
what hard to manage or control. This
pressure is enOrmous-as high as five
hundreds pounds to the square inch in
some cases where it has been guaged.
In the great McGugin well, which was
not guaged, the pressure is estimated
to have reached eight hundred pounds
to the square inch. Any attempt
to confine the gas in this well
for the purpose of measuring it
would doubtless have resulted in send
inc the iron casing flying from the well,
or in producing other effects more start
Inc and costly than satisfactory or agree
able. Indeed, until recently, no plan
had been devised by which the flow of
gas from a well could be stopped or re-
duced. The quantity of gas that
ESCAPES from some wells is enormous,
but probably no correct estimate of it
has vet been made. Where the gas Is
"piped'' away to mills and houses, all
that comes from the well may be used:
hut if it is not all used, the remainder
mus. be allowed to escape into the air.
This is done at the regulator, where il
is burned. The regulator is an ar
rangement of pipes and valves, placed
between the gas-well and the town sup
piled with the gas. 1t allows only just
as much gas as is being burned in the
town TO 90 on through the pipes, and
so reduces to a proper and safe point
the dangerously high pressure of the
gas rs it comes rushing alOrg from the
well. The temperature of the gas as il
comes from the wells is about forty-iivC
degrees Fahrenheit-SGn1ge! " Hal
in 81. Nicholas.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-24
MIGRATION OF BIRDS.
Reasons Which Prompt Them to Seek q
Warmer Climate in Autumn.

reasons "n1cn Prompt Inem TO Seek II
Warmer Climate in Autumn. .
By what strange and mysterious psy-
Geological mechanism does the swift
learn that the period for migration has
actually arrived? Simply, believe, by
natural see-saw, dependent only on the
alienation of the seasons. For when
the swift is not in Great Britain he is
off at his other alternative residence in
the Cape Colony. As some people keep
up house in England and winter
villa at Cannes or Mentone, SO the
swift has always summer nest in
Europe and a winter nest in temperate
South Africa. Or rather, they are each
| in their own time summer nests alike;
| for, of course, whenever it is winter
here it is sunny midsummer in the
southern hemisphere. Unwise admirers
of the swift have ventured boldly to
assert that he knows when cold weather
is coming. and therefore goes away
from England in autumn before it ar
rives. When men speak so to you be-
| lieve them not. This is nonsense with
all due Difference to its propounders),
the swift knows not when it will be
cold, but when it has been cold
"a much easier matter like all
the rest of us. The reason why he
leaves so much earlier than our other
summer migrants is simply because
food fails him. There is nothing mi
raculOus in knowing when you are hun
CIV; the merest infant well knows that
much. The cold upper air begins to
feel the chilling effect of autumn long
before the basking lowland meadows.
and when the supply of flies falls short
in the high circles where swifts habit
ually move, the swifts are prompted by
an inner monitor (other than con-
science) to fit southwark. So they
make tracks for Africa in a formed
body, devouring the remaining insects
as they 90, and, in the words Of the
poet, otherwise applied. swallow.
swallow, flying south" At the same
time do not deny that the swift is a
bird of delicate constitution. and that Il
marked aversion to cold for its own
sake is one of his most obvious personal
characteristics. A member of an es-
sentially tropical family, he visits the
northern and southern temperate re-
gions only during the very height of
their summer season, and probably
loiters long on the way, breaking the
Journey in Morocco and the Soudan,
ike those wise invalids who leave
Egypt or Algeria in February, and only
reach the Admiralty pier at Dover
when the English spring has fairly
reached the dangerous summit of May
hill. Then in autumn he is off again
about the middle of August, and if by
any chance few stragglers hnger on
too late in September they are not I'M
frequently overtaken and numbed by
the first frost, in which case they fall
helplessly fluttering on the unfamiliar
ground and are left to the cruel tender
mercies of the village children.-CorTs-
hill Magazine.